Eddie McGuire makes a major announcement about Millionaire Hot Seat

Eddie McGuire revealed last week that the death of his mother, Bridie Brennan, in August had contributed to his decision to quit his Triple M breakfast show. But despite taking a step back from his radio duties, the 56-year-old media titan will remain as host of Channel Nine’s late-afternoon game show Millionaire Hot Seat. Hot Seat will resume … Read more

Pfizer chiefs pocket £5m as shares rocket on vaccine announcement

Pfizer chiefs pocket £5m as shares rocket on successful Covid vaccine trial announcement By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 11 November 2020 Bosses at Pfizer cashed in shares worth more than £5million on the day the firm revealed it had developed the first working … Read more

Pfizer CEO sold $5.6M of stock on the DAY of the vaccine announcement

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold 60 percent of his stock in the drug company for $5.6 million Monday – the same day the firm announced its COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough.  The company said on Wednesday the sale was part of a pre-announced trading plan, adopted by Bourla on August 19. Bourla sold 132,508 shares at $41.94 per … Read more

Antivaxxers share conspiracy theories after Pfizer announcement

By Luke Andrews for MailOnline The announcement that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine could be up to 90 per cent effective has sparked claims society could go back to normal by spring next year. But with most data from the trials still unpublished, several scientists have sounded a note of caution over whether the vaccine will work. … Read more

Investment sites hit by trading rush after Pfizer vaccine announcement

Investors locked out of trading sites as they scramble to capitalise on Pfizer’s vaccine announcement By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 9 November 2020 Investors were yesterday locked out of some of Britain’s largest trading platforms as they rushed to capitalise on Pfizer’s vaccine … Read more

‘Stay at home’ stocks Zoom, Amazon and Netflix all plunge after Pfizer vaccine announcement

Stay-at-home stocks like Zoom, Amazon and Netflix plunged on Monday morning after Pfizer announced that its COVID-19 vaccine had proven to be 90 percent effective in trials. Zoom dropped by 15 percent, Amazon went down by 3.4 percent and Netflix dropped by more than 5 percent in pre-market trading after the announcement.  Pfizer, by contrast, soared by … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Rolls-Royce shares tumble on job cuts announcement

It was another grim day for Rolls-Royce investors – and staff – as shares tumbled and its mass job-cutting programme gathered pace. The engineering giant said it would cut almost 1,400 jobs in its civil aerospace division, its hardest-hit arm which makes and maintains plane engines. Around 950 will be in the UK, while 420 … Read more

Trump family are all smiles as they join Donald for his White House announcement

The Trump family joined dad Donald in the early hours of Wednesday morning as the president made a statement to the nation in which he declared the election was a ‘fraud on the American people’.     Sons Don Jr. and Eric, as well as daughters Ivanka and Tiffany, were joined by their partners in the East Room of … Read more

Commuters pack tubes and London morning rush hour road traffic is UP despite lockdown announcement

Commuters have today been seen packing onto busy Tubes, while London morning rush hour is on the up, on the first Monday morning since new lockdown measures were announced. Workers in the capital were seen squeezing themselves onto rammed Jubilee Line carriages this morning, as people continued to head in despite the Government’s latest call … Read more

Lockdown announcement comes amid claims of fierce arguments behind the scenes over economic impact

Boris Johnson finally arrived at the Downing Street podium yesterday, his press conference had been delayed four times over three hours. The Prime Minister had been forced to telescope two days of preparations for the expected Monday announcement into one afternoon following a leak to yesterday’s papers – and amid claims of chaos and infighting … Read more